Exhaust Opinion, worth it or not? Options

[Raves44]

so i have been poking around a while and i was considering doing an exhaust on my car. now if i was going to do this it would mos deff be the whole deal from the manifold back. only question is, is it worth it? its a 7afe but im not sure how restrictive the stock exhaust is. Im really only expecting a couple horse at the most but just wondering if its enough of a difference if i should. if so what size is a good suggestion because i dont want my car to sound like a pissed off chainsaw haha im not in this for the sound so thanks guys

[trdproven]

headers are just metal piping. They are not technogically advanced like an ECU although optimal design does count, but ebay headers will definitely help a little but not a lot. Same thing as intakes they are really all the same.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Nov 5, 2009 - 5:24 AM

[razor7]

headers are just metal piping. They are not technogically advanced like an ECU although optimal design does count, but ebay headers will definitely help a little but not a lot. Same thing as intakes they are really all the same.

There is a difference in build quality. There have been stories about the ebay headers cracking over time, or welds becoming weak. The pattern at which it connects to the dump pipe is also slightly altered. While I agree that both will offer more or less the same added flow, I don't believe that ebay headers are the way to go for quality, but for cheap performance they can't be beat.

Honestly, if you were a stickler for performance you wouldn't go with either, but rather make your own with a mandrel bender, and work on a custom 4-2-1 downpipe. But getting access to a mandrel bender is near impossible.

-TC